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Avantstar Releases Transit Solutions 8

Avantstar, Inc. a provider of digital content viewing, content conversion and web content management software, announced the release of Transit Solutions 8, the latest version of the company's source file conversion and web publishing software that automatically converts virtually any type of source content files to HTML and then publishes it to the web. Transit Solutions automatically converts and publishes hundreds of file types as HTML, and also recognizes and automatically links within documents (not just among them). Transit also publishes entire information folders on a preset schedule. New features in Transit 8 include: Support for Microsoft Windows Vista; New conversion filters for file formats such as Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Excel 2007, Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, Corel WordPerfect X3, Corel QuattroPro X3, Corel Presentations X3, OpenOffice Writer 2, StarOffice Writer 8, OpenOffice Impress 2 and StarOffice Impress 8; A multimedia plug-in that allows users to place rich media directly into their Microsoft Word 2007 or 2003 source documents - Transit Solutions will then automatically convert and publish the documents; and an Edit Source option that allows users to directly access source documents while previewing staged content published from Transit Solutions 8. Transit Solutions 8 is available immediately directly from Avantstar or through their sales partner network. Pricing begins at $4,995. A free fully-functional 30-day evaluation version of the software is available. http://www.avantstar.com

Antenna House Announces XSL Formatter Version 4.3

Antenna House announced the immediate availability of Antenna House XSL Formatter V4.3 offering support for CGM rendering, INX Output (as options), Windows x64 bit platform and numerous other enhancements. Windows x64 version runs on the Windows XP/Vista x64 Edition and Windows 2003 Server x64 Edition. The Windows 64 bit versions enables you to take advantage of the larger memory space supported by the x64 architecture when formatting large FO files. Using the new CGM parser and rendering engine of the option, you can embed CGM images into PDF documents as vector graphics without the degradation of rasterizing. The CGM Option is available for all XSL Formatter supported platforms. INX is the XML file that is used to interchange between InDesign and its older version, or other products such as InCopy and Golive. The INX format keeps all of the InDesign objects and properties as XML elements or attributes. With the new INX Option XSL Formatter generates an INX file from the Area Tree, which is the intermediate Formatter format that contains all the formatting information. By thus outputting INX files from Formatter you can then edit and manipulate the formatting results from XSL-FO with InDesign. The axf:overflow-condense-limit-font-stretch extension property has been added with V4.3. http://www.antennahouse.com

Google Executive to Provide Opening Keynote Address on Search Quality at Upcoming Gilbane San Francisco Conference

The Gilbane Group and Lighthouse Seminars announced that Udi Manber, a Google Vice President of Engineering, will kick-off the annual Gilbane San Francisco conference on June 18th at 8:30am with a discussion on Google's search quality and continued innovation. Now in its fourth year, the conference has rapidly gained a reputation as a forum for bringing together vendor-neutral industry experts that share and debate the latest information technology experiences, research, trends and insights. The conference takes place June 18-20 at the Westin Market Hotel in San Francisco. Gilbane San Francisco helps attendees move beyond the mainstream content technologies they are familiar with, to enhanced "2.0" versions, which can open up new business opportunities, keep customers engaged, and improve internal communication and collaboration. The 2008 event will have its usual collection of information and content technology experts, including practitioners, technologists, business strategists, consultants, and the leading analysts from a variety of market and technology research firms. Topics to be covered in-depth at Gilbane San Francisco include: Web Content Management (WCM); Enterprise Search, Text Analytics, Semantic Technologies; Collaboration, Enterprise Wikis & Blogs; "Enterprise 2.0" Technologies & Social Media; Content Globalization & Localization; XML Content Strategies; Enterprise Content Management (ECM); Enterprise Rights Management (ERM); and Publishing Technology & Best Practices. Details on the Google keynote session as well as other keynotes and conference breakout sessions can be found at http://gilbanesf.com/conference-grid.html

XyEnterprise Releases New Version of Contenta S1000D

XyEnterprise has released an update to their Contenta S1000D content management software that provides expanded support for the S1000D specification. It is used by authors, editors and publishers for the creation, management and delivery of technical documentation. Contenta S1000D provides an integrated workflow that can clearly distinguish between work-in-process and approved or published content. It can control access to data modules based on user roles and project status, provide locking mechanisms to prevent inadvertent parallel editing, and provide reports on due dates and status throughout the entire editorial and publishing process. This update to Contenta S1000D includes enhancements that automate many of the tasks required in an S1000D environment. Tools for creating and managing Standard Numbering Systems, Data Module Requirements Lists, Data Dispatch Notes and S1000D project management have been improved to provide an out-of-the-box S1000D environment that will work well for organizations at any stage in the adoption of S1000D. The Contenta S1000D software leverages Contenta's object-oriented architecture, history, version control and automated workflow. It can also manage and store legacy SGML and XML content written to other standards, as well as graphics and unstructured content such as FrameMaker and Word. Contenta S1000D provides the infrastructure, application integration and comprehensive tool set required to work with the S1000D standard across the information lifecycle. http://www.xyenterprise.com/

NewsGator Enhances RSS Reader via Partnership with AideRSS

NewsGator Technologies, Inc. announced that it has integrated AideRSS's PostRank filtering capabilities into its NewsGator Online RSS reader to offer more relevant news and social search features to users. The partnership will enhance NewsGator's ability to provide users with an easy way to sort posts based on the attention those stories are getting across the Internet. AideRSS's PostRank is a scoring system developed to rank each article based on how people interact with stories through social tagging, rating and commenting. http://www.newsgator.com, http://www.aiderss.com

Canto Announces Cumulus 7.5.3 Product Line Tune-Up

Canto announced the immediate availability of Cumulus 7.5.3, a minor update that improves the performance and reliability of the entire Cumulus product line. The company says that Cumulus 7.5.3 is running on the recently released Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista, and OS X Leopard performance and reliability continues to be stable since the release of version 7.5.2, though a handful of improvements have been made to support Apple's latest OS even better. Canto recommends all customers upgrade to Cumulus 7.5.3, regardless of operating system, to benefit from global fixes and improvements. Customers on active service agreements can download the update free of charge from Canto's Customer Portal. The Cumulus product line was last updated in December, 2007, with the release of Cumulus 7.5.2. http:/www.canto.com/

MediaSpan Embeds IBM Informix Dynamic Server Software for Delivering News to Print, Web and Wireless Devices

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced that MediaSpan Group, Inc., provider of content management and workflow solutions for the Web publishing, magazine, and newspaper markets, will support IBM's Informix Dynamic Server (IDS 11) software to help manage news content delivery to print, online, and wireless news services. IDS 11 will be used with MediaSpan's Jazbox editorial software, a content management solution with an emphasis on connecting news organizations and publishing news to print, web and wireless simultaneously. With a database-centered structure, Jazbox conforms to an individual newspaper's workflow needs, streamlining them, yet allowing for edits to the news copy in the midst of the production cycle. http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/ids/

DocsCorp Integrates with Software-as-a-Service Provider NetDocuments

DocsCorp announced it has significantly expanded its integration capability to include NetDocuments, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider. NetDocuments, a vendor of SaaS document, email and collaborative document services, provides legal, real estate, financial and health service professionals with instant access to their "work" (documents, emails, projects etc) no matter where they are. Documents are stored in a repository that users access through their browser. Integration with pdfDocs Desktop means that NetDocuments users will be able to "pull down" documents to their local system, convert them to PDF and "push" them back as new or related documents. Alternatively, users can save documents into NetDocuments as PDFs direct from MS Word. DocsCorp plans to extend its integration within the next couple of months to help NetDocuments provide a feature-rich, efficient and secure document service to its clients. Some of the features earmarked to be included in the next release will be the ability to save a document back into NetDocuments as the current or new version of an existing document. http://www.netdocuments.com, http://www.docscorp.com/

Adlib Software Announces Release of Adlib Express Server 4.0

Adlib Software announced the release of AdlibExpress Server 4.0, setting the stage for the concurrent release of four (4) new packages, replacing the existing menu of add-on modules. Until now, Adlib Software was offered as a fully configurable menu of options consisting of a core transformation engine, known as Express Server, a web services component called Exponent and a series of add-on modules designed to provide extended functionality. Collectively, these elements gave Adlib Software customers a array of options to build and customize their own solution. With the introduction of Express Sever 4.0, Adlib Software is introducing Adlib Express Conversion Server; an application suite that handles document conversion from over 300 different file types to file standards like PDF, PDF/A, XPS, HTML, Word, and many more. Adlib ExpressRecognition Server is an OCR engine that turns large volumes of images including scanned images, faxes and image only PDFs into searchable PDF documents. Adlib ExpressPublishing Server adds publishing functionality to document workflows that aims to eliminate costly manual processes. It adds stamps such as HTML overlays, headers, footers, page numbers and watermarks. It builds intelligent Tables of Contents with hyperlink and bookmark management and performs document assembly. Adlib will be grandfathering all Pre-Express 4.0 customers with valid maintenance contracts to the newest version without any increase in price. http://www.adlibsoftware.com/

MadCap Software Unveils Roadmap for Native XML Family of Documentation and Content Authoring Products

MadCap Software unveiled its roadmap for a complete, native XML software family designed to solve all of a company's documentation and authoring demands. The MadCap family will include five new products: MadCap Blaze, MadCap Press, MadCap Team Server, MadCap X-Edit, and MadCap X-Edit Express, as well as enhanced versions of MadCap Analyzer, MadCap Flare, MadCap Lingo and MadCap Mimic. The integrated MadCap family will provide companies with a solution for developing and delivering content in print, online and on the Web in their language of choice. The entire MadCap product family is based on a common native XML architecture to provide a complete workflow solution, from authoring and multimedia creation; to collaboration, reporting and analysis; to translation and localization. The MadCap family features twelve integrated products for content development and delivery, collaboration, and localization. The solutions are based on the same XML architecture with Unicode support that drives MadCap's main product, Flare, a native XML multi-channel, single-source content authoring solution. All products also utilize MadCap's XML user interface, which enables users to take advantage of XML without writing code. The beta version of Blaze is now available as a free 30-day trial release, which can be downloaded at http://www.madcapsoftware.com/

Adobe Mobile Products to Ship with Windows Mobile Phones

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) announced that Microsoft has licensed Adobe Flash Lite software, Adobe's Flash Player runtime specifically designed for mobile devices, to enable web browsing of Flash Player compatible content within the Internet Explorer Mobile browser in future versions of Microsoft Windows Mobile phones. Microsoft has also licensed Adobe Reader LE software for viewing Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) documents including email attachments and web content. Both Adobe products will be made available to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide, who license Windows Mobile software. Adobe Flash Lite and Reader LE availability for Windows Mobile phones will be confirmed later. http://www.adobe.com

Near-Time Announces Near-Time Connection for Mobile Collaboration

Near-Time announced the availability of Near-Time Connection, an extension of Near-Time's collaboration and publishing capabilities for mobile devices and other Web platforms. Near-Time Connection packages the functionality of Near-Time into a Widget, providing a flexible way to access content and interact with users associated with Near-Time spaces from smart phones, blogs or personalized homepage portals like iGoogle. Near-Time Connection is free to Near-Time users. Near-Time Connection gives users an interactive platform that lets them stay plugged into their Near-Time community no matter how they choose to view their content. The authoring environment, similar to that of Near-Time's desktop offerings, enables users to remain active in their Near-Time communities when on the road or using a homepage portal. Users can embed other Near-Time Widgets, tag content for better search capabilities, and follow comment summaries, threads and Near-Time picks. http://www.near-time.com/

Quark Launches Dynamic Publishing Solution

Quark Inc. announced that it is leveraging its existing desktop publishing, server and collaborative workflow expertise to launch a new enterprise solution in the dynamic publishing market. Called Quark Dynamic Publishing Solution (DPS), the publishing solution combines flexible layout with automated publishing to create and deliver communications across multiple types of media, including print, the Web, mobile and electronic devices. Quark DPS consists of multiple software components, including desktop tools for creating content, and server-based technology for automating publishing workflows. It is based on standards to allow for easy integration with enterprise content management systems and other business applications. Dynamic publishing is built on the foundation of rich design tools, like QuarkXPress, however, the component-centric publishing process allows designers to reduce time spent managing manual and repetitive processes. With Quark DPS, designers are able to maintain creative freedom while automating the process of customized document production. http://www.quark.com

Zinio Announces Launch of Global Newsstand and an International Marketing Partnership

Zinio announced the launch of an online Global Newsstand; and a partnership spanning Europe and Latin America with Acceso Group, a company part-owned by both Havas Media and ISP. Zinio's new global initiative provides publishers increased reach and introduces more variety for consumers with an expanded selection of magazine titles and a choice between online or offline reading capabilities. Zinio's Global Newsstand offers magazine publishers the ability to circulate their publications worldwide, a task previously limited by constraints of print costs, distribution and inventory. Zinio aims to expand their international reach to more than 2,000 top-tier titles within the year by collaborating with Havas Media global network. Publishers who join will also have access to a new resource center that includes the ability to work closely with Zinio's Publisher Growth Services Group (PGS Group) to create tailored marketing programs, as an extension to their own resources. The PGS Group helps publishers build stronger recognition for their titles and brand while increasing a variety of circulation and advertising revenue streams. http://www.zinio.com/

Nstein Technologies Acquires Picdar

Nstein Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: EIN) announced that it has acquired Picdar Established for over 20 years, Picdar provides Digital Workflow and Asset Management (DAM) solutions to newspapers, magazine and corporate publishers. Co-founder of Picdar and principal architect of the Media Mogul product suite, Andy Heather will continue to support local UK operations, as well as contribute to Nstein's combined product strategy as VP Worldwide Publishing. Lesley Steinitz, currently Chief Executive of Picdar, will now lead Nstein's UK offices as Director of Operations (UK). Jeff Carson, who initially joined Picdar as a software engineer will continue to act as Director of Engineering, responsible for local development and technical services. Nstein has acquired all of the outstanding common shares of Picdar for a purchase price equivalent to the sum of (i) the business' enterprise value set at between $6,595,000 and $9,245,000, plus (ii) the working capital excess at closing estimated at $4,545,000. An amount corresponding to 75% of the enterprise value, namely $6,595,000 is payable at closing, and the balance of up to $2,650,000 contingent on meeting certain future revenues and EBITDA targets. http://www.nstein.com

LibreDigital Brings Book "Mashups" to Publishing World

LibreDigital, a division of NewsStand, Inc., announced the availability of its eCompile Service, a technology enhancement to the LibreDigital Internet Warehouse for Publishers that helps forward-thinking publishers to provide consumers with book "mashups" - or custom books made from content compiled from different book titles in publisher portfolios. The updated service allows publishers to instantly re-compile and repurpose their content so readers can order a single book with content from multiple titles, while allowing publishers to protect copyrights. The LibreDigital eCompile Service is designed for publishers looking to compose discrete and "on-the-fly" books from content taken from multiple sources. The newest version makes it easy to compile such items with rights and permissions intact. The LibreDigital eCompile Service is available to LibreDigital Warehouse clients. More information can be found at http://www.libredigital.com

Mark Logic Announces Quick Start Package for Vertical Content Delivery

Mark Logic Corporation announced the Vertical Content Delivery Quick Start package, a combination of software and services designed to help publishers channel their content into specialized digital products for targeted audiences. The Vertical Content Delivery solution helps publishers build and deliver multiple focused products, such as websites that contain micro-vertical content from books or journals combined with information in external sources such as newsfeeds and blogs, to niche audiences. Publishers can create a web interface that enables editors or product managers to control the content that is delivered to users and load and manage the external sources. For example, the publisher of a newsletter on the maintenance of highly technical and specialized aircraft parts can load this content online and combine it with blog posts from experts in the aircraft maintenance business, creating a site that becomes the authoritative source of best practices for maintenance of these particular components. As the website becomes a destination for a core audience, it can be more easily packaged for targeted advertising and additional market opportunities. The Vertical Content Delivery Quick Start package includes: One MarkLogic Server license for use with the Quick Start solution; One year of maintenance; and pre-built solution components to create a fully-functional, turnkey vertical website, implemented by a Mark Logic consultant. http://www.marklogic.com

Really Strategies, Inc. Launches RSuite CMS Partner Program

Really Strategies, Inc. announced the launch of its partner program and signs two publishing solution companies as partners: Content Data Solutions and Typefi. These partners represent the two different types of partnerships offered under the program. Service partners implement and integrate RSuite with overall publishing solutions. Technology partners offer complementary solutions and technologies to RSuite. As an RSuite CMS technology partner, Typefi and RSuite offer clients a complete publishing solution. Typefi Publish provides an automated publishing platform that pushes Word or XML files into formatted InDesign or PDF format. http://www.reallysi.com

JustSystems Announces DITA Maturity Model Co-Authored with IBM

JustSystems, Inc. announced the availability of the “DITA Maturity Model,” which was co-authored with IBM and defines a graduated, step-by-step methodology for implementing Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA). One of DITA's features is its support for incremental adoption. Users can start with DITA using a subset of its capabilities, and then add investment over time as their content strategy evolves and expands to cover more requirements and content areas. However, this continuum of adoption has also resulted in confusion, as communities at different stages of adoption claim radically different numbers for cost of migration and return on investment. The DITA Maturity Model addresses this confusion by dividing DITA adoption into six levels, each with its own required investment and associated return on investment. Users can assess their own capabilities and goals relative to the model and choose the initial adoption level appropriate for their needs and schedule. The six levels of DITA adoption include: Level 1: Topics - The most minimum DITA adoption requires the migration of the current XML content sources; Level 2: Scalable Reuse - The major activity at this level is to break down the content in topics that are stored as individual files and use DITA maps to collect and organize the content into reusable units for assembly into specific deliverables; Level 3: Specialization and Customization - Now, users expand the information architecture to be a full content model, which explicitly defines the different types of content required to meet different author and audience needs and specify how to meet these needs using structured, typed content; Level 4: Automation and Integration - Once content is specialized, users can leverage their investments in semantics with automation of key processes and begin tying content together even across different specializations or authoring disciplines; Level 5: Semantic Bandwidth - As DITA diversifies to occupy more roles within an organization, a cross-application, cross-silo solution that shares DITA as a common semantic currency lets groups use the toolset most appropriate for their content authoring and management needs; Level 6: Universal Semantic Ecosystem - As DITA provides for scalable semantic bandwidth across content silos and applications, a new kind of semantic ecosystem emerges: Semantics that can move with content across old boundaries, wrap unstructured content, and provide validated integration with semi-structured content and managed data sources. http://www.ibm.com, http://na.justsystems.com

Nstein Technologies Launches New Partner Program

Nstein Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: EIN) announced the creation of a formal partner program specifically designed for the system integrators and developers community, who want to help publishers who need to integrate legacy content sources without sacrificing the ability to take advantage of the powerful XML enrichment and publishing technology that is core to Nstein's application suite. Along with providing sales, technical and training support, Nstein also supplies its partners with the documentation and APIs that are necessary for successful deployments. Nstein's Partner Program is built to help ensure the partners will financially benefit from their partnership while offering their clients content management solutions for media, entertainment and online publishing. http://www.nstein.com/partner

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April 30, 2008

Avantstar Releases Transit Solutions 8

April 28, 2008

Antenna House Announces XSL Formatter Version 4.3

April 22, 2008

Google Executive to Provide Opening Keynote Address on Search Quality at Upcoming Gilbane San Francisco Conference

April 21, 2008

XyEnterprise Releases New Version of Contenta S1000D

April 18, 2008

NewsGator Enhances RSS Reader via Partnership with AideRSS

April 9, 2008

Canto Announces Cumulus 7.5.3 Product Line Tune-Up

MediaSpan Embeds IBM Informix Dynamic Server Software for Delivering News to Print, Web and Wireless Devices

March 30, 2008

DocsCorp Integrates with Software-as-a-Service Provider NetDocuments

March 18, 2008

Adlib Software Announces Release of Adlib Express Server 4.0

March 17, 2008

MadCap Software Unveils Roadmap for Native XML Family of Documentation and Content Authoring Products

Adobe Mobile Products to Ship with Windows Mobile Phones

March 10, 2008

Near-Time Announces Near-Time Connection for Mobile Collaboration

March 4, 2008

Quark Launches Dynamic Publishing Solution

February 25, 2008

Zinio Announces Launch of Global Newsstand and an International Marketing Partnership

February 13, 2008

Nstein Technologies Acquires Picdar

February 12, 2008

LibreDigital Brings Book "Mashups" to Publishing World

February 11, 2008

Mark Logic Announces Quick Start Package for Vertical Content Delivery

Really Strategies, Inc. Launches RSuite CMS Partner Program

February 4, 2008

JustSystems Announces DITA Maturity Model Co-Authored with IBM

January 31, 2008

Nstein Technologies Launches New Partner Program

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